PROVINCETOWN — This year’s “open enrollment” period on the state’s Health Connector website — that is, the window of time in which people without health insurance can easily sign up […]
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BUSINESS
Chamber of Commerce Proposes New Hotel Tax to Promote Tourism
The Tourism Destination Marketing District gets a mixed review from Eastham board
EASTHAM — The Cape Cod Chamber of Commerce is proposing to generate money for tourism marketing with a new 1.5-percent tax on stays at hotels and motels with 15 or more […]
CLEAN WATER
Wellfleet’s Wastewater Plan Is on Track to Meet State Deadline
A larger downtown sewer district and treatment at Maurice’s should improve nitrogen mitigation
WELLFLEET — Town officials are working to finalize a targeted watershed management plan aimed at reducing the nitrogen load in the harbor and bringing Wellfleet into compliance with state and […]
AT SCHOOL
In Truro, Teachers Wear Many Hats
That’s part of what it means to work in a one-school district with fewer than 100 students
TRURO — As a sixth-grader at Truro Central School in 1993, Abby Roderick drew a life-size portrait of herself in a billowing purple skirt, wielding a puppet in one hand […]
MORNING FLIGHT
Birding in Good Company
On joining Truro’s Christmas Bird Count
Birders will use just about any excuse to fit a little more bird-watching in. So, we add a few days of sunup-to-sundown birding in the freezing cold to an already […]
RARA AVIS
This Week’s Bird Sightings
Confirmed bird sightings on the Outer Cape in the week preceding the Independent’s deadline on Tuesday, Jan. 9 included the following, based on a report prepared by Mass Audubon’s Wellfleet […]
PROVINCETOWN: THIS WEEK'S CURRENTS
Sewer Connection Assistance
Meetings Ahead Most meetings in Provincetown are held in person, typically with an online-attendance option for both committee members and residents. Click on the meeting you want to attend on […]
TRURO: THIS WEEK'S CURRENTS
Two New Republican Registrars
Meetings Ahead Most meetings in Truro are remote. Go to Truro-ma.gov and click on the meeting you are interested in. The agenda includes instructions on how to join. Thursday, Jan. 11 Board […]
EASTHAM: THIS WEEK'S CURRENTS
A Survey Inspires a Health Fair
Meetings Ahead Most meetings in Eastham are in person, typically with an online option as well. Click on the meeting you want to attend on the calendar at eastham-ma.gov for […]
WELLFLEET: THIS WEEK'S CURRENTS
Bridge Changes Cost
Meetings Ahead Most meetings in Wellfleet are remote only, but some are held in person. Go to www.wellfleet-ma.gov/calendar and click on the meeting you want to watch. Instructions for participating […]
LITIGATION
Police Discrimination Case in Truro Is Reinstated
DeAngelo’s complaint was improperly dismissed, says Appeals Court
TRURO — A seven-year-old discrimination suit filed by a longtime Outer Cape police officer against the town and former Police Chief Kyle Takakjian has been reinstated on appeal. The Massachusetts […]
CONSOLIDATION
Linchris Buys Provincetown Inn for $24M
Hotel company also buys Foxberry Inn for staff housing
PROVINCETOWN — The Linchris Hotel Corp., a multi-state hotel management and investment company based in Plymouth, has bought the 102-room Provincetown Inn from the Evans family, who have owned it […]
RESIGNATION
Waldo Quits as Wellfleet Town Administrator
Select board meets behind closed doors to decide on his last day
This article was updated on Jan. 4. 2024. WELLFLEET — Less than 19 months after taking the job of town administrator, Richard Waldo submitted his resignation to select board chair […]
HIGH HIGH
Eastham Bylaw Linking House Size to Uplands Isn’t Clear
What’s safe from flooding at high tides? It depends.
EASTHAM — Town meeting voters approved a bylaw change last spring that linked the allowed size of a proposed house to the size of contiguous uplands on the property rather […]
PSYCHEDELICS
Select Board Asks State to Reconsider Supervised Use of Psilocybin
Resolution requests a simpler form of regulatory oversight
PROVINCETOWN — At its Dec. 11 meeting, the select board considered a subject that’s rarely on its agenda: psychedelic drugs. Board member Erik Borg had submitted for discussion a resolution […]
